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Hayom Yom 11 Elul - Studying Torah in this world and in the world to come

שַׁבָּת פָּרָשַׁת תֵּצֵא תּר"ג

On Shabbos Parshas [Ki] Seitzei, 5603 (1843),

בְּשׁוּלְחַן קִדּוּשׁ הַיּוֹם

at the daytime Shabbos meal,

הוֹאִיל הַצֶּמַח צֶדֶק לֵאמֹר

the Tzemach Tzedek said:

עוֹלָם הַזֶּה הוּא עַלְמָא דְּשִׁיקְרָא

“This World is a world of falsehood.

לָכֵן הִנֵּה גַם בְּהַטּוֹב מְעוֹרָב פְּסוֹלֶת

Therefore, even the good is mixed with dross

וְצָרִיךְ בֵּרוּר בְּדֶרֶךְ מִלְּמַטָּה לְמַעְלָה וּבְדֶרֶךְ מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה

and requires refinement working upwards from below and working downwards from above.

הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא הוּא עַלְמָא דִקְשׁוֹט

[By contrast,] the World to Come…

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